Bears Should Use Brandon Marshall in Slot More in 2013

April 6, 2013   ·   Andrew Dannehy   ·   Jump to comments

When most people think of slot receivers, they think of smaller, quick players, a la Wes Welker. They don't think of Brandon Marshall, but that may change in 2013.
Marshall isn't foreign to the slot position. According to Pro Football Focus (subscription required), he played there 22 percent of the time last season, but that could more than double next year if new offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer brings with him the playbook he had with the Saints.
According to PFF (subscription required), Marques Colston—who is nearly as big as Marshall—played in the slot 55.7 percent of the time last season. While there, he caught 63.1 percent of the passes thrown his way—nearly half of his total for the season—and half of his 10 touchdowns. He averaged 1.61 yards per route run in the slot, the ninth-best mark in the league of all the receivers who played more than 50 percent of their snaps in the slot.
The obvious reason for this was to create mismatches. Abo...

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